{
  "id": "2025-07-31-university-of-washington-uw-alert-shooting",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-shooting-2025-07-31",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Shooting death investigation near campus area",
    "headlinePublic": "Shooting death investigation near campus area",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/07/31/uw-alert-shooting/) on or about 2025-07-31. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-07-31 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "9:58 a.m. Friday: The victim in the shooting death on Thursday evening is not affiliated with the University of Washington. At this time, police believe this was not a random attack.\n\nSeattle police are looking for this vehicle, a white Hyundai Elantra with black wheels and a damaged front passenger window:\n\nSeattle police are asking anyone that sees this vehicle should not approach it, the occupant(s) should be considered armed and dangerous. Residents are asked to call 911 immediately and provide any details for SPD's investigation. The case number is 25-217693. More information is available on the SPD blotter.\n\n7:43 p.m.: Police continue their investigation into the shooting death near NE 47th Street and 17th Ave. NE. There is not believed to be any ongoing threat in the area. Any additional information will be provided here if it becomes available.\n\n7:32 p.m.: The victim in the shooting, which occurred near NE 47th Street and 17th Ave. NE, has been pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect vehicle is now reported to have fled northbound from that location.\n\n7:22 p.m.: The suspect reportedly left in a white sedan, headed eastbound on 50th Avenue NE. The victim was shot in the chest.\n\n7:18 p.m. - Report of a shooting at 17th and 45th. Suspect is described as a man in a black hoodie, and he reportedly left in a white sedan.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/07/31/uw-alert-shooting/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1346,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert update archive entry for University of Washington.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Alert - Shooting",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/07/31/uw-alert-shooting/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}